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Jacob Zuma. (Graphic by Sharlene Rood)

Jacob Zuma. (Graphic by Sharlene Rood)

When the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) was registered in September 2023, it listed a residential address in Eshowe as its headquarters. 

Five months later, after a meteoric rise, News24 travelled to northern KwaZulu-Natal to find the birthplace of this new political party disrupting the political landscape, and found a derelict home whose neighbours had no idea what the MK Party was.

READ | Who runs the MK Party? The names behind Zuma's new political home

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